Foot-rest attachment for chairs.



Patented Mar. 4, I902.

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(Application filed Apr. 2, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTON A. EDDY, OF'RANDOLPI-I, NEW YORK.

FOOT-REST ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,538, dated March 4, 1902. Application filed April 2, 1901. Serial No. 54,052. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTON A. EDDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ran dolph, in the county of (Jattaraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Foot-RcstAttachmentfor Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a foot-rest attachment for chairs.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient foot-rest designed to be applied to various kinds of chairs to afforda rest or support for the feet and capable of being readily arranged in position for use and of being compactly folded beneath a chair when not in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be quickly secured to a chair and which may be entirely removed when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a foot-rest attachment constructedin accordance with this invention and shown applied to a chair, the foot-rest being in position for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View, the foot-rest being folded beneath the seat of the chair. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the foot-rest. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the clamp. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a foot-rest, illustrating a modification of the invention. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view, the foot-rest being folded. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a foot-rest consisting of an upholstered top portion and legs 2, depending from the top portion and adapted to support the latter in an elevated position, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing. The foot-rest is connected with a chair 3 by a rod or bar 4, hinged at its outer end to the lower face of the top of the footrest to permit the latter to be partially ro-' tated to arrange the top of the foot-rest in a vertical position, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawing, when the footrest is folded beneath the chair. The footrest when in this position has the upholstered portion at the exterior, and it increases the 'to the lower face of the top of the foot-rest,

as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The rod or bar passes through a guide-eye 9 of a clamp 10, which is adapted to engage the round or rung 11 of the chair 3; but it may be engaged with any other form of connecting piece or cross-bar. The clamp consists of a substantially U shaped body having a curved side or jaw 12 and provided with a straight side 13, having a threaded opening for the reception of a clamping-screw 14, which forces a jaw 15 into engagement with the rung 11. The jaw 15 consists of a curved plate and is preferably provided at its engaging face with a covering of suitable material to prevent it from scratching or otherwise marring the finish of the chair. The curved jaw 12, which conforms generally to the configuration of the'r'ung, may directly engage the same, or a plate 16 may be interposed between it and the said rung. A piece of fabric or other material is interposed between the front of the rung and the clamp, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to avoid injuring the chair. The clamp is placed over the rung, as shown in Figs. 1 and '2, and the guide-eye extends upward from the top of the clamp, and the bar or rod 4 is adapted to slide inward and outward over the clamp, and it is provided at its inner end with a stop 17, consisting of a lug formed by turning or bending the end of the rod or bar upward and adapted to engage the'eye or guide 9. The eye or guide 9 is preferably formed by a flange or extension, and it may consist of a separate plate or piece 18, riveted or otherwise secured to the top of the clamp. The attachment is designed especially for armchairs, particularly that variety known as Morris chairs, and the clamp may be changed in form to conform to the configuration of the front of the chair.

When the attachment is arranged for use as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the

connecting bar or rod is locked rigid with the top of the foot-rest by means of a sliding bolt 19, mounted in a suitable casing 20, which is secured to the lower face of the top of the footrest at the inner edge thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The engaging end 21 of the bolt 19 is angularly bent and offset from the lower face of the top of the foot-rest to arrange it for engaging the lower face of the bar or rod, and the other end 22 is bent at an angle to form a grip or handle. The bolt is adapted to be reciprocated to engage it with and disengage it from the rod or bar, and when in engagement with the same it efiectually prevents the foot-rest from turning on the outer end of the said bar or rod.

In Figs. 5 to 7 of the accompanying drawings is illustrated a modification of the invention, in which a pair of guides 23 is employed, and these guides 23 depend from the front portion of a chair 24, which is not provided with afron t rung. The guides consist of shanks or stems provided at their lower ends with heads or enlargements and having upper threaded portions 25, which screw into the bottom of the chair. By this construction the guides may be readily applied to a Morris chair having no rungs or crosspieces at the front. The heads of the guides have openings to receive slides or bars 26, provided attheir inner ends with lugs 27 and hinged at their outer ends 27 to the lower face of the top of a foot-rest 28, similar to the bar 4, heretofore described. The lugs limit the outward movement of the slides, and the foot-rest is locked rigid with the latter by means of a sliding bolt 29, constructed similar to the bolt 19, heretofore described. The foot-rest is hinged to the outer ends of the slides and is adapted to be turned down and folded beneath the chair, as clearly shown in Fig. (5.

It will be seen that the attachment is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied to a chair, and that when it is extended it is arranged in convenient position for supporting the feet or legs of a person to permit the latter to recline comfortably in a chair.

It will also be apparent that when the attachment is not in use it may be compactly arranged beneath the seat of the chair and that the upholstered portion will be exposed to increase the attractiveness of the chair. Also it will be clear that when the foot-rest is moved inward beneath the chair the rod or bar which forms a slide will support the foot-rest in its folded position.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a rod or bar, means for slidingly connecting the same to a chair, a foot-rest provided with supporting-legs and hinged to the outer end of the rod or bar and adapted to turn thereon to extend the legs beneath the chair, and means for locking the foot-rest rigid with the rod or bar, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a clamp having a guide-eye, a rod or bar passing through the guide-eye and provided at its inner portion with a stop, a foot-rest hinged to the outer portion of the rod or bar, and means for holding the foot-rest rigid with the same, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising an approximately U-shaped clamp provided at the top with an eye, a rod or bar extending through the eye and provided at its inner end with a stop, a foot-rest hinged to the outer end of the rod or bar, and a locking device mounted on the foot-rest and arranged to engage the said rod or bar, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described com prising a guide, means for mounting the same on a chair, a rod or bar passing through the guide, a foot-rest hinged to the rod or bar, and a sliding bolt mounted on the foot-rest at one side of the rod or bar, and adapted to engage the same, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTON A. EDDY.

\Vitnesses:

A. WENTWORTH, F. L. SOUDDER. 

